Raynes Park High School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 23 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Merton
Unique reference
102674
Address
Bushey Road, SW20 0JL

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1207 (85% of total capacity)
Boys
53.6%
Girls
46.4%
First language not English
31%
Free school meals (FSM)
36.1%
Persistent absence
25.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
23.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 36.5%
Other White 17.3%
Mixed 15.1%
Other Asian 7%
African 6.8%
Other 5%
Caribbean 3.9%
Pakistani 3.1%
Indian 1.7%
Other Black 0.9%
Chinese 0.8%
Unclassified 0.7%
Bangladeshi 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.02
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.59
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 35%
Local authority average 50%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 40%
Local authority average 55%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42.9
Local authority average 52.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.64
Local authority average 4.73
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award21
Sports StudiesTechnical Award24
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award29
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award15
ArabicGCSE3
Art & DesignGCSE36
BiologyGCSE23
ChemistryGCSE23
Design & TechnologyGCSE37
English LanguageGCSE178
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Raynes Park High School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
238
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
88
2nd preference
107
3rd preference
136
From another Local Authority
215
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
88
2nd preference
32
3rd preference
22
To another Local Authority
57
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
201
95
106
Year 8
214
121
93
Year 9
221
114
107
Year 10
203
106
97
Year 11
194
104
90
Year 12
113
66
47
Year 13
61
41
20
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
93.3%
86.5%
Further education
40.0%
25.7%
34.7%
School sixth form
45.0%
61.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
3.0%
5.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
1.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
0.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
3.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.3%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
72.0%
84.9%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
16.0%
26.3%
19.7%
Russell Group
14.0%
23.0%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
0.6%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020